Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1962. House. 4 related planning applications.

Brook House

WRENN ID
south-fireplace-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1962
Type
House
Address
Brook House, Short Hill, Breedon on the Hill, DE73 8AF
OS grid reference
SK 405 247
Coordinates
52.81921, -1.40024
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brook House is a house that was formerly a miller's residence and includes mill outbuildings. It is dated 1636 on a collar at the rear. The building is timber-framed, featuring diagonal braces and square panels of whitewashed plaster and brick infill. It has a whitewashed rubble stone plinth and a 20th-century blue tile roof, with whitewashed brick chimneys located on either side and between the right bays. The main structure is T-shaped, with a gabled cross wing that slightly projects to the left. Attached to the rear of the cross wing is a former outbuilding, while another former outbuilding, now serving as a kitchen, is set back at the right end of the front.

The house is two storeys high with a four-bay front. The early 20th-century wooden casements have glazing bars only at the top for the ground floor windows, while the upper windows feature glazing bars throughout. The left bay includes a two-storey half-timbered bay window with a gable and three-light casements. The second bay has a 20th-century seven-light bay window on the ground floor and a three-light casement above. The third bay contains two-light windows, with the lower window in a blocked doorway. The right bay has a three-light and a single-light casement on the ground floor. At the right end, there is a 20th-century flat-roofed lobby with a rear entry. The rear side of the cross wing features a 20th-century verandah and a small overhanging first-floor extension at the angle. Inside, there are some chamfered spine beams with tongue stops, but no original fireplaces remain.

Local climate

Brook House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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